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Alan Autry
Actor, Football Player, Mayor / 1952 -
Alan Autry is best known for his role as Captain "Bubba" Skinner on the television series In the Heat of the Night. In later life, he was a successful mayor of Fresno, California.
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(1952-)
Actor, Football Player, Mayor
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Marion S. Barry Jr.
Civil Rights Activist, Mayor / 1936 -
Civil rights activist Marion S. Barry Jr. has served four terms as mayor of D.C., with his career surviving numerous scandals.
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(1936-)
Civil Rights Activist, Mayor
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Michael Bloomberg
Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Mayor / 1942 -
Michael Bloomberg is a billionaire buisnessman and a three-term mayor of New York City.
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(1942-)
Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Mayor
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Cory Booker
Mayor / 1969 -
Newark Mayor Cory Booker is best known for his unorthodox approach to politics, for his revolutionizing reforms to Newark's crime rate and education, and for his personal willingness to help his constituents.
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(1969-)
Mayor
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Tom Bradley
Police Officer, Lawyer, Mayor / 1917 - 1998
Tom Bradley was a lawyer and police officer who became the first African-American mayor of Los Angeles, serving from 1973 to 1993.
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(1917-1998)
Police Officer, Lawyer, Mayor
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Willie Brown
Mayor / 1934 -
Willie Brown is a politician who became the first African-American speaker of the California State Assembly in 1980. He later served as mayor of San Francisco.
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(1934-)
Mayor
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Neville Chamberlain
Mayor, Prime Minister, Government Official / 1869 - 1940
Neville Chamberlain was the British Prime Minister as England entered World War II. He is known for his policy of "appeasement" towards Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany.
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(1869-1940)
Mayor, Prime Minister, Government Official
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Jacques Chirac
Mayor, World Leader, Prime Minister / 1932 -
Jacques Chirac is a French politician best known as the Prime Minister, Mayor of Paris and President of France during his career from 1974-2007.
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(1932-)
Mayor, World Leader, Prime Minister
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Grover Cleveland
Lawyer, Governor, Mayor, U.S. President / 1837 - 1908
The 22nd and 24th president, Grover Cleveland is the only POTUS to serve two nonconsecutive terms, as well as the first to be married in the White House.
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(1837-1908)
Lawyer, Governor, Mayor, U.S. President
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Gary Condit
Mayor, U.S. Representative / 1948 -
Gary Condit served in the U.S. House of Representatives and is considered a conservative Democrat. He was inconclusively linked to the disappearance of federal intern Chandra Levy.
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(1948-)
Mayor, U.S. Representative
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Aimé Césaire
Mayor, Playwright, Poet / 1913 - 2008
Aimé Césaire was a cofounder (with Léopold Sédar Senghor) of Negritude, an influential movement to restore the cultural identity of black Africans.
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(1913-2008)
Mayor, Playwright, Poet
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David Dinkins
Mayor / 1927 -
David Dinkins was the mayor of New York City from 1990 to 1994, and he was the first black mayor of the city.
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(1927-)
Mayor
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Rahm Emanuel
Mayor / 1959 -
Politician Rahm Emanuel was White House chief of staff to President Barack Obama, and was elected as mayor of Chicago in 2011.
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(1959-)
Mayor
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Dianne Feinstein
Mayor, U.S. Representative / 1933 -
Dianne Feinstein is a United States senator from California and a former mayor of San Francisco.
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(1933-)
Mayor, U.S. Representative
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Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
Mayor / 1902 - 1948
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán was a political leader who was considered a champion of the Colombian people and was revered as a martyr after his assassination.
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(1902-1948)
Mayor
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Rudolph Giuliani
Lawyer, Mayor, U.S. Representative / 1944 -
Rudy Giuliani is a former major of New York City who served during the September 11th terrorist attacks in 2001.
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(1944-)
Lawyer, Mayor, U.S. Representative
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Art Hanes
Lawyer, Mayor / 1916 - 1997
Art Hanes was mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, between 1961 and 1963. He actively opposed racial integration.
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(1916-1997)
Lawyer, Mayor
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Academic, Mayor, U.S. Vice President, U.S. Representative / 1911 - 1978
Hubert H. Humphrey was an assistant majority leader of the Senate who became the 38th U.S. vice president under Lyndon B. Johnson.
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(1911-1978)
Academic, Mayor, U.S. Vice President, U.S. Representative
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Maynard Jackson
Lawyer, Mayor / 1938 - 2003
Maynard Jackson was a lawyer and the first African American mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, serving three terms (1974–82 and 1990–94).
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(1938-2003)
Lawyer, Mayor
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Ed Koch
Mayor / 1924 - 2013
Ed Koch was an outspoken attorney, author and media commentator who was the mayor of New York City from 1977 to 1989.
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(1924-2013)
Mayor
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Fiorello La Guardia
Mayor, U.S. Representative / 1882 - 1947
New York City’s former mayor Fiorello La Guardia served from 1933 to 1945. He also served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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(1882-1947)
Mayor, U.S. Representative
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John Lindsay
Lawyer, Mayor / 1921 - 2000
John Lindsay was a U.S. congressman and was the mayor of New York City during the 1960s. He is known for his "ghetto walks" and clashes with labor groups.
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(1921-2000)
Lawyer, Mayor
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Frank Murphy
Supreme Court Justice, Mayor / 1890 - 1949
Frank Murphy served as associate justice of the Supreme Court from 1940 to 1949. He established the Civil Rights Unit of the Department of Justice.
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(1890-1949)
Supreme Court Justice, Mayor
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Roger Sherman
Mayor, U.S. Representative / 1721 - 1793
Roger Sherman was an American government leader best known as a founding father that signed and drafted the Declaration of Independence and signed the U.S. Constitution.
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(1721-1793)
Mayor, U.S. Representative
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Jerry Springer
Actor, Mayor, Radio Talk Show Host, Talk Show Host, Reality Television Star, News Anchor / 1944 -
Jerry Springer is an American talk show host, best known for his tabloid talk show, The Jerry Springer Show. He is also a former mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio.
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(1944-)
Actor, Mayor, Radio Talk Show Host, Talk Show Host, Reality Television Star, News Anchor
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Carl Stokes
Lawyer, Mayor, News Anchor / 1927 - 1996
Carl Stokes served as the Cleveland, Ohio’s mayor from 1967 to 1971. He was one of the first African Americans to be elected mayor in a major U.S. city.
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(1927-1996)
Lawyer, Mayor, News Anchor
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Jimmy Walker
Mayor / 1881 - 1946
Flamboyant mayor of New York City, Jimmy Walker was a frequenter of Broadway theater and upper-class speakeasies. His administration was marred by corruption.
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(1881-1946)
Mayor
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Harold Washington
Mayor, U.S. Representative / 1922 - 1987
Harold Washington became the first African-American mayor of Chicago in 1983.
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(1922-1987)
Mayor, U.S. Representative
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Douglas Wilder
Governor, Mayor / 1931 -
Douglas Wilder was the first African American to win statewide office in Virginia, and to be elected governor in the U.S.
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(1931-)
Governor, Mayor
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Andrew Young, Jr
Civil Rights Activist, Diplomat, Mayor, U.S. Representative, Religious Leader / 1932 -
Andrew Young, Jr is a clergyman and was an activist during the civil rights movement. He was also a member of congress and twice elected at the mayor of Atlanta.
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(1932-)
Civil Rights Activist, Diplomat, Mayor, U.S. Representative, Religious Leader
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Coleman Young
Civil Rights Activist, Mayor / 1918 - 1997
Coleman Young helped found the National Negro Labor Council, which sought jobs for African Americans, and was the first African American mayor of Detroit.
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(1918-1997)
Civil Rights Activist, Mayor